Australia v Pakistan 1978/79 1st Test Melbourne (MCG). Test: 849 Pakistan won by 71 runs. Test in Australia: 197

D Close of play Not out batsmen Day Runs Wk Ov Mins Crowd Toss: Australia 1 Pa 196, Au 1/0 (2ov.) GM Wood 1, AMJ Hilditch 0 197 10 63.7 10,356 10-Mar-1979 Umpires: RC Bailhache, CE Harvey 2 Au 168 (61.4ov.) 167 10 59.6 12,017 11-Mar-1979 12th Man: 3 Pa 279/5 (64.3ov.) Asif Iqbal 41, Wasim Raja 2 279 5 64.3 9,192 12-Mar-1979 JD Higgs (Au); Haroon Rashid (Pa) 4 Pa 353/9, Au 117/2 (32ov.) AR Border 25, GN Yallop 3 191 6 49 2,793 14-Mar-1979 5 Au 310 193 8 60 3,067 15-Mar-1979

TOTALS 1027 39 297.5 1661 37,425 Scorers: MP Ringham; TB Thomson

Test # PAKISTAN 1st Innings R M 4,6 BF Fall of Ov M R W nb,w 6s 43 cwk Wright b Hogg 1 5 0,- 3 R Min RM Hogg 17 4 49 4 1,0 - 6 c-3s Hilditch b Hogg 14 39 2,- 30 1-2 2 5 M Khan/M Khan 1 AG Hurst 20 4 55 3 3,1 - 32 b Hogg 11 49 1,- 27 2-22 20 33 M Khan/Z Abb 6 WM Clark 17 4 56 1 5,0 - 20 b Hogg 19 131 2,- 95 3-28 6 15 Z Abb/J Mia 0 PR Sleep 7.7 2 16 1 1,0 - 51 Asif Iqbal cwk Wright b Clark 9 26 1,- 14 4-40 12 26 A Iqb/J Mia 1 56,c18 cwk Wright b Hurst 36 152 2,- 121 5-83 43 87 J Mia/M Moh 19 24 Wasim Raja b Hurst 13 26 1,- 16 6-99 16 26 W Raja/M Moh 22 21 cwk Wright b Hurst 33 107 3,- 90 7-122 23 36 M Moh/I Khan 5 33 cwk Wright b Sleep 35 105 3,- 82 8-173 51 70 I Khan/S Naw 21 49 run out 0 9 0,- 4 9-177 4 9 W Bari/S Naw 22 13 Sikander Bakht not out 5 24 0,- 23 10-196 19 24 S Naw/S Bak 5 Extras b 2, lb 7, nb 10, w 1 20 Total 61.7 overs all out 196 341 min, 38.7 r/100b 87 balls/hr

Test # AUSTRALIA 1st Innings R M 4,6 BF Fall of Wickets Ov M R W nb,w 6s 13 GM Wood not out 5 39 0,- 24 R Min Imran Khan 18 8 26 4 1,2 - 2 AMJ Hilditch c-sg Javed Miandad b Imran Khan 3 42 0,- 17 1-11 11 A Hil/A Bor 3 Sarfraz Nawaz 21.6 6 39 2 6,0 - 4 AR Border b Imran Khan 20 110 2,- 85 2-53 42 A Bor/G Yal 21 Sikander Bakht 10 1 29 0 1,0 - 15,c7 GN Yallop b Imran Khan 25 114 3,- 79 3-63 10 G Yal/K Hug 3 Mushtaq Mohammad 7 0 35 0 0,0 - 10 KJ Hughes run out (Javed Miandad) 19 88 2,- 54 4-97 34 K Hug/D Wha 13 Wasim Raja 5 0 23 2 0,0 - 1 DF Whatmore lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 43 206 2,- 147 5-109 12 35 P Sle/D Wha 14 1 PR Sleep cwk Wasim Bari b Imran Khan 10 35 0,- 30 6-140 31 43 K Wri/D Wha 35 3 KJ Wright c-mn Imran Khan b Wasim Raja 9 43 1,- 33 7-152 12 21 W Cla/D Wha 37 10 WM Clark c-mw Mushtaq Mohammad b Wasim Raja 9 21 2,- 21 8-167 15 19 R Hogg/D Wha 42 7 RM Hogg run out (Javed Miandad) 9 20 1,- 13 9-167 0 A Hur/D Wha 42 Hogg left crease believing the ball was dead, 9 AG Hurst c & b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 1 0,- 1 10-168 1 D Wha/G Wood 0 and was run out. Extras b 1, lb 5, nb 8, w 2 16 GM Wood (4*) Ret. Ht. from 0/10 to 9/167: collision with team mate Total 61.6 overs all out 168 364 min, 33.3 r/100b 81 balls/hr

PAKISTAN 2nd Innings R M 4,6 BF Fall of Wickets Ov M R W nb,w 6s Majid Khan b Border 108 219 16,- 157 R Min RM Hogg 19 2 75 3 7,0 - Mohsin Khan c & b Hogg 14 28 2,- 21 1-30 30 28 M Khan/M Khan 15 WM Clark 21 6 47 0 0,0 - Zaheer Abbas b Hogg 59 149 8,- 105 2-165 135 149 Z Abb/M Khan 84 AG Hurst 19.5 1 115 3 1,0 - Javed Miandad cwk Wright b Border 16 65 2,- 57 3-204 39 39 M Khan/J Mia 14 PR Sleep 8 0 62 1 1,0 1 Asif Iqbal lbw b Hogg 44 153 3,2 119 4-209 5 25 J Mia/A Iqb 3 AR Border 14 5 35 2 0,0 1 Mushtaq Mohammad c-mw sub (JD Higgs) b Sleep 28 71 4,- 75 5-261 52 71 M Moh/A Iqb 27 Wasim Raja cwk Wright b Hurst 28 93 3,- 53 6-299 38 54 A Iqb/W Raja 14 Imran Khan c-mn Clark b Hurst 28 73 2,- 54 7-330 31 37 W Raja/I Khan 16 Sarfraz Nawaz lbw b Hurst 1 8 0,- 3 8-332 2 8 S Naw/I Khan 17 Wasim Bari not out 8 26 0,- 20 9-353 21 26 I Khan/W Bari 8

Extras b 4, lb 6, nb 9, w 0 19 2nd wkt: 135 off 209 balls Note 4s: Wasim Raja, Imran Khan. Total 81.5 overs 9 wkts decl. 353 447 min, 53.3 r/100b 87 balls/hr

AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings (set 382) R M 4,6 BF Fall of Wickets Ov M R W nb,w 6s AMJ Hilditch b Sarfraz Nawaz 62 156 2,- 132 R Min Imran Khan 27 9 73 0 1,0 - DF Whatmore b Sarfraz Nawaz 15 80 1,- 48 1-49 49 80 D Wha/A Hil 31 Sarfraz Nawaz 35.4 7 86 9 7,0 - AR Border b Sarfraz Nawaz 105 373 7,- 275 2-109 60 75 A Hil/A Bor 24 Sikander Bakht 7 0 29 0 1,0 - GN Yallop run out (Asif Iqbal/Imran Khan) 8 51 0,- 36 3-128 19 51 G Yal/A Bor 31 Mushtaq Mohammad 11 0 42 0 0,0 - KJ Hughes c-mf Mohsin Khan b Sarfraz Nawaz 84 266 8,1 209 4-305 177 245 A Bor/K Hug 83 Majid Khan 9 1 34 0 0,0 1 GM Wood cwk Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 1 0,- 1 5-305 0 1 G Wood/K Hug 83 Wasim Raja 3 0 11 0 0,0 - PR Sleep b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 11 0,- 5 6-306 1 11 P Sle/K Hug 83 KJ Wright not out 1 40 0,- 26 7-308 2 5 K Hug/K Wri 0 Sarfraz took 7/4 off 33 deliveries (7/1 plus 3 nb) WM Clark b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 5 0,- 1 8-309 1 5 W Cla/K Wri 1 including 5/3 off 17 deliveries (5/1 plus 2 nb) RM Hogg lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 21 0,- 14 9-310 1 21 R Hogg/K Wri 1 AG Hurst cwk Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 2 0,- 2 10-310 0 2 A Hur/K Wri 1 Extras b 13, lb 13, nb 9, w 0 35 4th wkt: 177 off 383 balls Pakistan won with 11.4 overs remaining Total 92.4 overs all out 310 509 min, 41.3 r/100b 87 balls/hr

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